huenoun [ C ]
uk/hjuː/us/hjuː/hue noun [ C ] (COLOUR)
(a degree of lightness, darkness, strength, etc. of) a colour:
In the Caribbean waters there are fish of every hue.
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Colour - general words
- chromatic
- color wheel
- colored
- colour
- colour wheel
- coloured
- coloured
- discolour
- dye
- high-visibility
- pigment
- pigmentation
- run
- spectral
- spectrum
- stain
- tie-dye
- tinge
- tone
- tone in
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hue noun [ C ] (TYPE)
literary a different type or group:
Politicians of all hues wish to get sleaze off the agenda so that they can discuss the real issues.
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Categories and varieties
- animal
- brand
- breed
- category
- classification
- food group
- form
- ilk
- incarnation
- kind
- matter
- mould
- order
- run
- style
- take
- type
- typology
- variety
- version
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Idiom(s)
hue and cry